Assalamu’alaikum
warrahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Your excellencies the
committees,
The honorable
adjudicators, and
Dear audiences,
All praises be to Allah
SWT, the lord of the world who created everything in this universe. Peace and
salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who brought us to the new great
civilization.
In
this opportunity I’d like to deliver a speech, entitled:
Preserve
Indonesian Culture
Dear
audience
The
Oxford dictionary defines culture as the totality of the way of life evolved by
people in their attempts to meet the challenges of living in their environment.
Culture should not be interpreted merely as a return to the customs of the
past.
Culture
helps us develop and mould our attitudes and characters to be productive,
useful, purposely and progressive lives. Wherever people in the world must love
their own cultures as it is their own identities.
Dear
Audience
Indonesia
has many traditional cultures that attract both domestic and overseas tourists.
For example, the overseas tourists from different countries learn Bali’s
traditional dance. They are also interested in gamelan, a Javanese traditional
instrument.
Today,
Indonesian cultures go world wide. The performance of leather puppet from East Java is translated into multi
languages: English, Mandarin, even Germany.
Gaura an Australian, and Elizabeth an American are sinden (Javanese
traditional singer). They love Javanese culture, so they have been staying in
Java for years only for learning and being sinden.
Traditional
cultures of Indonesia are valuable heritage. Unfortunately, the young
generation doesn’t care of traditional cultures anymore. Modern life influences
them to forget their own. They though modern life is more comfortable and
simple, so they easily leave their traditional.
Dear
Audience
The
fact stimulates us to preserve our culture with some reasons.
1. Culture is identity of nation. Pendet dance,
Jaipong dance, Reog Ponorogo, Leather Puppet, Batik art are identity of
Indonesia.
2. Culture is a valuable heritage as it is
created by the previous generation to inherit it to the next generation.
3. Culture is wealth. It is the valuable asset
to keep and develop by the young generation.
4.
Culture means the unity of our nation.
Although Indonesia has a variety of cultures in every region, but can
still appreciate each other and respecting differences. So that can unite all
people of Indonesia.
5.
Claims from others. Batik, Indonesian puppets (Wayang), Reog Ponorogo, Pendet dance, has been claimed and bulgarized
for many times by others countries.
Dear
Audiences,
Today
we find ourselves trapped between two contemporary cultures, the traditional
and western. Western culture is more dominant than traditional. Most of
Indonesian Youth think that traditional cultures are old fashioned, dirty, or
even primitive, so they keep away from traditional.
Therefore,
as young generation we have to save and preserve our culture. The easiest way
to preserve culture is loving all about our own country, for instance dancing
and singing traditional songs, playing traditional instruments, buying
traditional clothing or handicraft, using traditional herbs and medicine as
daily lifestyle.
The
next way is pride. The pride of being Indonesian who has valuable cultures with
multi customs and manners will lead the people to have sense of belonging. The cultures we have will unite the people within
nation.
That’s
all my speech. Hoping that it will be useful to motivate young generation to
protect and preserve Indonesian cultures. Our culture is our pride. Thank you
for your attention.
Wassalamu’alaikum warrahamatullahi
wa barakatuh.
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